Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 29

"Trouble shopkeeper, I want all the Anshenxiang in this shop, and pack some together."

Jiang Jinyan had a not-so-good idea in his mind. Would it not only make him feel cold if he tampered with his shop, but would he also want to ruin his reputation and even his late mother's reputation?
Xueyan opened her mouth, but she held back and didn't yell out, Miss, is she coming to her own shop to spend a lot of money?This... Earn your own money?
Although Yu Mo was puzzled, he followed the shopkeeper to check out, and Xue Yan asked in a low voice, "What do you want, Miss?"

Jiang Jinyan's expression remained unchanged, and he said seriously: "Go to the door and find a woman, please come and sit at the mansion, Miss Yu."

Xueyan went out suspiciously to give orders.

Opposite Yunfeng Teahouse on the second floor of the window-side seat, two men sat facing each other. The handsome but imposing man was dressed in a moon-white silk robe with dark patterns of fanciful flowers, and his black eyes were staring at Jing'an outside the window. The carriage of Hou's mansion is Xu Junyan, the third young master of An Guogong's mansion.

The man sitting opposite looked petite in comparison, but his face was also extremely handsome. He was dressed in royal blue, dark purple patterned brocade clothes, and looked up at Xu Junyan opposite him from time to time. He couldn't help it until he felt that the tea was getting cold. Open your mouth.

"Senior brother, I can be sure that the incense came out of this Xiangxuan. I also checked. The owner behind this Xiangxuan is Mrs. Jing'anhou who just passed away. Under the name of the lady..."

Xu Junyan saw a servant girl ordering a few words with a woman, and the woman left in a hurry. The maid was Jiang Jinyan's close servant girl, "Xu Ming, follow that woman."

Xu Ming was dressed in black with a handsome face, holding a long sword in his hand, standing by the window, looked out of the window and understood, "Yes."

Xu Ming's Qinggong was excellent, the floor didn't make a single sound, and when the man in the royal blue robe looked up again, the black-clothed figure had already disappeared in the endless stream of people downstairs.

Seeing that Xu Ming followed, Xu Junyan turned around, "Junior Sister, the master told you not to act rashly when you come to Luoyang. How many people have you visited late at night these days?"

Xia He is the daughter of sword master Xia Changfeng. When Xu Junyan was studying martial arts with Xia Changfeng in Jin'an, she and Xu Junyan had a friendship for several years. Now that they haven't seen each other for two years, Xu Junyan is more than before. The very solemn momentum really became stronger after joining the army.

Xia He pouted, and continued to fiddle with the white porcelain teacup, "My father is like this, he won't let me do anything, so why do I learn martial arts? I've stayed in Jin'an enough, it's not good for you to come to Luoyang to help senior brother ?"

Xia Changfeng was kind to Xu Junyan in teaching him, so he sent a letter to Xu Junyan to take care of Xia He. Xu Junyan sighed secretly, "If you let Xu Ming take you to mess around again, I will drive him to Mobei Eat sand."

Xia He slapped the table and stood up, "Although Xu Ming is your subordinate, if you... if you make things difficult for him, I... I will..."

Xu Junyan didn't look at her angry look, "Junior sister, the master said, you should follow my arrangement in Luoyang. I think my junior sister is restless, why don't you go to Baohua Temple tomorrow to calm down."

Xia He sat down with his mouth pursed, "Brother, I don't like going to temples to watch those bald donkeys chant scriptures. It's very noisy. You can ask Xu Ming to accompany me to visit Luoyang City. I think Luoyang City is very prosperous."

Xu Junyan poured a cup of hot tea by himself, "If I find you sneaking out of the house at night again..."

As soon as Xia He heard that there was a joke, he quickly said: "I swear that I will never do it again. If you find out again, then I will go back to Jin'an and be nagged to death by my father." This is a first-class poisonous oath!

Xu Junyan turned his head and looked at the door of Pinxiangxuan opposite, until Jiang Jinyan, who was dressed in white, got out of the shop and got into the car, then he looked away and sighed secretly. Compared with that time, she was really brighter and more changed temper.

When we met a few days ago, her estrangement and proper etiquette made her look much calmer, and she was no longer as ignorant and reckless as when I met her.

Xia He followed his gaze, looked at the carriage of the Jing'an Hou Mansion below, and looked at it with interest with her lips pursed. It was the first time she saw her senior look at a woman so seriously, and she was as curious as a cat scratching her heart.

Jing'an Marquis Mansion?Xia He secretly remembered that this time he couldn't be discovered by his brother again.

Yu Qingqian was picking up medicine in the medical clinic, when she heard from her mother-in-law that Jiang Jinyan had bought a lot of tranquilizing incense from the spice shop, and invited her to the mansion, she quickly got up and took her maid, Bai Zhi, to follow her mother-in-law.

Outside the medical hall, a young master dressed in a maroon brocade gown with golden clouds and flowers swayed over. Seeing that Yu Qingqian was about to leave, he hurriedly asked, "Sister, where are you going?"

The woman guessed it was the young master of the Yu family, so she quickly saluted and said, "Our eldest lady of Jing'an Hou's mansion, please come over to talk to Miss Yu."

When Yu Qingxian heard that it was the Jing'an Marquis Mansion again, he quickly laughed and said, "I'm sorry to trouble Mom!"

As he spoke, he smiled at Qingqian: "You don't dress up, and you go like this, isn't it rude? The Hou's Mansion is not an ordinary family."

Yu Qingqian has never been close to her elder brother, seeing him speak so frivolously and seeing outsiders around, so she answered casually with a sullen face, got in the car and left.

Yu Qingxian snorted, "Who knows who this is hooking up with, flirting with this young master? From now on, my young master won't give you a penny of dowry!"

Just as Xu Ming was about to go back to his life, seeing this, he frowned, stepped hard, and a stone bounced towards Yu Qingxian's knee, and Yu Qingxian fell down at the door of the medical hall.

"Who! Who dares to harm the young master!"

And Xu Ming was already at the corner of the street.

Yu Qingxian couldn't see anyone and had to scold him, and then he was helped up by the servant, "Give some silver to my young master. I am going to the south of the city to gamble. I lost 50 taels yesterday, and I have to get it back today."

The clerk hurriedly said: "Master, why don't you wait for Miss to come back..."

Yu Qingxian slapped her across the face, "What are you talking about! I still have to see her face?!"

The clerk hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and quickly took today's proceeds and handed them over.

"It's only 30 taels? That's enough! Find some more... Forget it, you're clumsy, I'll find it myself!"

As soon as Yu Qingxian pushed the waiter away, he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and finally took 150 taels of silver and limped out of the clinic with the waiter, heading south of the city.

Xu Junyan said after hearing Xu Ming's words: "During this time, you look at Xia He, and don't play around with her anymore."

Xu Ming thought about taking Xia He out to investigate these few nights, his face blushed, and he nodded in agreement before retreating.

Xu Junyan frowned and thought for a long time. At first, he thought that Pinxiangxuan was under Jiang Jinyan's name, but she had just taken over, so she must have been ignorant of it, but why did she buy so many Anshenxiang, and even invited the doctor to see it? Did she also know that there was something wrong with the incense in Pinxiangxuan?

Xu Junyan thought of entering the palace a few days ago, and when the Holy Majesty called him to go fishing in the center of Qingye Pond by boat, he took advantage of no one to let him thoroughly investigate the source of the latest batch of spices in the palace.

The last clue was in Pinxiangxuan.

It was only later that he realized that Xia He was also investigating this matter. He promised his master to protect her, and of course he couldn't let her interfere in this matter again.

Xu Junyan stood by the bamboo forest for a long time, until An Guogong Xu Xiuwen walked over.

The servant at the side hurriedly saluted, Xu Xiuwen waved his hand, "Let's step back first."

Xu Junyan turned around and saw Xu Xiuwen, bowed his hands and bowed, "I have seen my father."

Xu Xiuwen looked at this young son who was becoming more and more difficult to hide his edge, with mixed feelings in his heart, he patted him on the shoulder.

"Jun Yan, you have just been named General Zhaoyi and led the troops to guard the South. You are really too aggressive. If the Holy Majesty sees you at this time, I am afraid that you will be criticized even more. It is also good to avoid the limelight in the mansion during this time. "

Xu Junyan knew that his father was thinking of him, so he nodded, "Your Majesty just fished with me once, and the Wang family shouldn't suspect me, but my military skills are too much compared to the Fang family. Guess this is the meaning of Taishi Wang's overthrowing, trying to make Fang's family disagree with our An Guogong's mansion."

Although Xu Xiuwen is no longer an official, the situation in the court is clear. He sighed, "According to Wang Zhao's temperament, he does have such a meaning. Have you visited General Fang in the Fang Mansion?"

Xu Junyan nodded, "Old General Fang is also sensible, and he is not dissatisfied. He just advised me to be careful."

Xu Xiuwen smiled, "It seems that you have fallen into Mr. Fang's eyes. Our Xu family is full of scholars, so we can only help you very little, but the Fang family is of great benefit to your future."

Xu Junyan smiled and did not respond. He preferred to plan many things by himself.

Xu Xiuwen put away his smile, and said seriously: "The last time your mother's birthday was, you went to Jing'an Houfu Road to sacrifice..."

Xu Junyan frowned, "I have already sent my mother's birthday gift, not to mention, my mother is not very willing to see me."

Xu Xiuwen sighed, "Your mother..."

Xu Junyan cupped his hands and interrupted: "Father, I still have to go to the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion, so I'll take my leave first." Xu Junyan's handsome face always showed unquestionable determination.

Xu Xiuwen looked at his back, and couldn't tell what it was like, Jun Yan, if you are really my son...

Hey, with such a sharp edge and such an imposing manner, how could they really be from the Xu family.

Xu Xiuwen stood by the bamboo forest for a long time.

After hearing her mother-in-law's report, Cui came to the bamboo forest alone.

"Master, I made green plum soup myself, and I also prepared rouge goose breast and chicken oil rolls. Let me go eat with me."

Xu Xiuwen looked at Cui Shi, who was wearing a brocade shirt with peony patterns, walking gracefully and luxuriously. This was his wife Cui Shi who had been with him for nearly 20 years.

He felt a little guilty. When he carried Xu Junyan back to the mansion 17 years ago, he still remembered that Cui was sitting in the grand teacher's chair dignifiedly, just sitting there in a daze, watching him carry such a concubine back.

In the end, Xu Junyan still failed to be recorded under Cui's name. This is also Cui's dignity as a daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe. It became the laughing stock of Luoyang City.

Everyone envied Mrs. An Guo, who had no mother-in-law to embarrass her, and no concubine to communicate with her. Suddenly, she had a concubine who was born in an outside room. This incident made Cui Shi not leave the mansion for a whole year.

Fortunately, there was only such a concubine whose biological mother died of dystocia, and after a few years, Mrs. Cui took it easy, and treated Xu Junyan like a young master in the mansion, but she refused to take care of him.

Xu Xiuwen took Cui Shi's hand, "Madam has worked hard these years."

Cui held back her tears and said softly, "What are you talking about, Master?"

Xu Xiuwen said again: "Jun Yan has made great achievements this time, and it is also thanks to Madam."

When Cui heard Xu Junyan's name, she was suffocated, her face turned cold and she withdrew her hand, "Master, what do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)